A scow, gabarre or gabare in french, is a vessel of inland or maritime, flat bottom and shallow draft, and often with a veil. The barges were used on many rivers on the Atlantic coast, as on the Sèvre niortaise river, thr Charente river, the Garonne and Dordogne rivers, and the LOIRE river. They were used to transport goods, down and up the waterways.

_ The LOIRE river, the “last wild river” and longest of France, takes its source at 1048 meters of altitude in the Massif-Central on mount "Mont Gerbier de Jonc", in the Sainte-Eulalie commune in Ardèche departement, and after a course of 1 012.7 kilometers through a catchment area of 117,000 km², 1/5 of the French territory, is thrown by a broad estuary in the Atlantic Ocean in the Loire-Atlantique departement, in Saint-Nazaire, where the flow can go down to 100 m³/s and can very largely exceed 5000 m³/s. the Loire Valley from Sully-sur-Loire in Loiret departement to Saint-Florent-le-Vieil in Maine-et-Loire, is registered since the year 2000 with the World heritage of UNESCO, for its biological diversity and its historical and cultural richness. The Loire river description.

Located on the banks of the Loire, the château de Blois, 10th 15th 16th 17th siècles, is one of the Chateaux of the Loire . It is classified as historical monument.
The chateau of Blois was for over a century the favorite residence of the kings of France, home for 7 kings and 10 queens of France.

Joel,
This is a nicely composed shot with nice placement of the boat. The flowers in the foreground provides a nice border for the shot. The reflection is great adding depth and balance for the scene. The lighting and colors are fine as is the photo's sharpness.
TFS,
Asa

The composition, colors, resolution, and the subject — they all collaborate like the instruments of a great orchestra. Along with the unusually detailed and informative note this is a first rate addition to Trekearth. Have a good weekend,

Hello Joël,
A very attractive well composed scene with a number of different elements that are all worthy of attention. The composed is well balanced and has a pleasing atmosphere. The detail in the background architecture is well rendered under a good light. Very agreeable lighting and soft tones. Bon weekend.

Hello Joel,
beautiful composition with very good POV. I like the way you captured the flowers and the boat in the foreground.It gives a nice contrast.Splendid colors and good lighting.
Have a nice weekend
Krzysztof

The composition, colors, resolution, and the subject perfect I like the great levels FG with beautiful flowers boat and bridge! of buildings too.Excellent idea also with the detailed informative note Wss and work superb Have a good weekend,
regards
Georgios

Hi Joel, What a super photo with quality through-out, the sharp detail & overall composition are stunning, I love the little purple flowers in the foreground, the boat is just beautiful & that background is perfect, a brilliant shot, kind regards Wilson.

Hello Joel,
A splendid image that with beautiful sharpness, exposure and composition. The old boat is in a very good position and has a very nice reflection. Including the mauve flowers in the FG has worked well, giving the picture great depth.
Regards, Ann

Hi Joel,
Great capture.
It's perfect in photographic values and the informations yoU've added.
Amazing your pov with the purple flowers in the foreground and the reflections on water's surface.
TFS and have a nice weekend
Best regards
MESUT ILGIM

Wooow, waht a composition! Very beautiful postacard. There are so many elements that we can admire. Nice flowers in fg (at the moment I do not know what they are), nice boat of unknownuse, Loire and reflections, bridge and magnificent castle. Excellent colours and sharpness. TFS

hi Joel
now this is what we call picturesque!
amazing architecture into the background, a pleasing boat with flowers in the fg, stunning light, and water reflections...what else could you ask for
well done
cheers
craig

Bonjour Joël,
a wonderful and excellently composed impression of the river accompanied by very interesting notes. The light and the warm colors create a fascinating mood. My compliments!
Warm regards
Harriet

Hi Joel,
beautiful composition. The boat is so charming and unique. It complements well the town panorama behind. I like the old architecture, so impressive. The light made it even more interesting playing with shadows.
The flowers add a perfect touch. Great DOF.
Excellent work,
M

The unique old boat on mid-stream, along with the purple flowers on the background of the town ancient buildings made a wonderful sight, Joel.
Depth and clearity, light and reflection were super.
My cong.'s on a beautiful shot.
Bonjournee'
Ike